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| artist = [[Talking Heads]] | | artist = [[Talking Heads]] | ||
| B-side = [[New Feeling]] | | B-side = [[New Feeling]] | ||
| released = | | released = January 1977 | ||
| recorded = 1977 | | recorded = 1977 | ||
| studio = Sundragon (New York City) | | studio = Sundragon (New York City) | ||
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'''''Love → Building on Fire''''' (read as '''''Love Goes to Building on Fire''''') is the debut single by [[Talking Heads]], released in | '''''Love → Building on Fire''''' (read as '''''Love Goes to Building on Fire''''') is the debut single by [[Talking Heads]], released in January 1977.<ref>Rockwell, John. “Bonnie Koloc Making Impact.” ''The Montgomery Advisor'', 30 Jan. 1977, ghostarchive.org/archive/lK2jM. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.</ref> The single preceded the band's [[Talking Heads: 77|debut album]] by seven months, and was recorded before keyboardist and guitarist [[Jerry Harrison]] joined the band. As the single was the first piece of music released commercially by the band, its release was cited as a milestone in the band's history in its [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] entry.<ref>https://rockhall.com/inductees/talking-heads/timeline/</ref> | ||
The song did not appear on any of the band's original studio albums, though it was later included on their 1992 compilation album ''[[Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites]]'', on their 2003 box set ''[[Once in a Lifetime (album)|Once in a Lifetime]]'', and as a bonus track on a reissue of ''[[Talking Heads: 77]]''. live recording of the song is featured on their live albums ''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]'' (1982) and the same recording again on ''[[Live At WCOZ 1977]]'' (2024). | The song did not appear on any of the band's original studio albums, though it was later included on their 1992 compilation album ''[[Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites]]'', on their 2003 box set ''[[Once in a Lifetime (album)|Once in a Lifetime]]'', and as a bonus track on a reissue of ''[[Talking Heads: 77]]''. live recording of the song is featured on their live albums ''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]'' (1982) and the same recording again on ''[[Live At WCOZ 1977]]'' (2024). | ||